The Multi-core Reconfigurable Supercomputing network (MRS) is an EPSRC initiative funded under EPSRC’s Digital Economy programme. The aim of MRS is to promote the use of FPGAs, many-core GPUs and other accelerators for scientific computation in a range of application areas within EPSRC's Digital Economy programme.

The 3rd workshop will be on the topic of accuracy and reliability in scientific computation. Through a series of invited talks and hands-on tutorials leading experts will illustrate the pitfalls of numerical computation, describe tools (INTLAB and CADNA) that can be used to assess the accuracy and reliability of existing scientific software, and present techniques to improve the accuracy and reliability of new scientific software. Speakers include: Nick Higham FRS (University of Manchester), Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee/ORNL), Jean-Marie Chesneaux (LIP6, Paris), Siegfried Rump (Institute for Reliable Computing, Hamburg University of Technology), Mike Giles (University of Oxford) and George Constantinides (Imperial College London).

Details and workshop costs

The workshop will take place in the Department of Computer Science, Wireless Suite, 2nd floor, Bernard Crossland Building, 18 Malone Road, Belfast. To register for the workshop please complete the Registration Form before the 19th, November, 2008. We will let you know shortly after this date whether your application has been accepted. Attendees from UK academic institutions will NOT be charged, but places are limited. Industrial participants and attendees from overseas institutions, will be charged £130. Accommodation and travel costs for participants from the partners in MRS (Imperial College, Queen’s University Belfast, Universities of Manchester and Oxford) can be claimed from their home institution. Costs of participants from other academic institutions can be claimed from the University of Oxford.

Provisional Timetable

Thursday, 15th January, 2009

9:30 - 10:30

Registration and coffee

10:30 - 11:30

Nick Higham FRS (Univeristy of Manchester) - introduction to general area of accuracy and reliability